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I stay at home to exercise,I'm no gym junkie.I do light weights and my cardio of choice is Tae Bo. But sometimes I dont wear tennie shoes,and remain barefoot or just with socks on.
So my ?? is does it make a great or small impact to wear tennie shoes while exercising,does it help or prevent any injury?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of not wearing/wearing tennie shoes?
Thanks.
Answer
It's better to be barefoot. Contrary to popular belief, feet do NOT need support, even when running and doing sports. From "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes":
"One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology."
From "Athletic Footwear and Chronic Overloading," Sports Medicine, 9(2), 1990, pp. 76-85.:
Obviously, the ideal solution to the running related injury problem in shod populations lies in barefoot locomotion, since protective adaptations seems to be optimized for this state. Normally shod people would have to allow sufficient time for adaptation of the plantar skin and intrinsic foot musculature (perhaps 6 weeks), and run barefoot frequently, perhaps daily, to sustain this adaptation. However, once adapted, the foot is extremely durable.
...
The lower extremity is inherently durable, and, when unencumbered by footwear, it can endure running without signs of chronic overloading, because a vigilant system restrains shock. The use of modern athletic footwear, in addition to being inferior to older footwear in moderating shock during running, renders the lower extremity susceptible to injury because of design flaws introduced by the preoccupation with optimization of plantar comfort.
...
The obvious solution to the problem of chronic overloading in shod runners is to promote barefoot running."
From "Athletic footwear: unsafe due to perceptual illusions, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 23(2), 1991":
In summary, people who perform activities involving high impact while wearing footwear currently promoted as offering protection in this environment are at high risk for injury. Unlike the natural state (barefoot and natural surfaces), where impact is sensed and, through impact-moderating behavior, is maintained at a safe level, an inadequate understanding of the physiology of human impact control has resulted in footwear which makes chronic overloading inevitable by providing plantar comfort to the wearer even when enormous vertical impact is experienced.
It's better to be barefoot. Contrary to popular belief, feet do NOT need support, even when running and doing sports. From "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes":
"One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology."
From "Athletic Footwear and Chronic Overloading," Sports Medicine, 9(2), 1990, pp. 76-85.:
Obviously, the ideal solution to the running related injury problem in shod populations lies in barefoot locomotion, since protective adaptations seems to be optimized for this state. Normally shod people would have to allow sufficient time for adaptation of the plantar skin and intrinsic foot musculature (perhaps 6 weeks), and run barefoot frequently, perhaps daily, to sustain this adaptation. However, once adapted, the foot is extremely durable.
...
The lower extremity is inherently durable, and, when unencumbered by footwear, it can endure running without signs of chronic overloading, because a vigilant system restrains shock. The use of modern athletic footwear, in addition to being inferior to older footwear in moderating shock during running, renders the lower extremity susceptible to injury because of design flaws introduced by the preoccupation with optimization of plantar comfort.
...
The obvious solution to the problem of chronic overloading in shod runners is to promote barefoot running."
From "Athletic footwear: unsafe due to perceptual illusions, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 23(2), 1991":
In summary, people who perform activities involving high impact while wearing footwear currently promoted as offering protection in this environment are at high risk for injury. Unlike the natural state (barefoot and natural surfaces), where impact is sensed and, through impact-moderating behavior, is maintained at a safe level, an inadequate understanding of the physiology of human impact control has resulted in footwear which makes chronic overloading inevitable by providing plantar comfort to the wearer even when enormous vertical impact is experienced.
what would you think of a person walking barefoot in a shopping center? (normal person not a tramp)?
Ava Wava m
If i walk with no shoes does that automatically make me wierd, is it right ever to walk with no shoes?
Answer
I think it's nice to see another person barefoot, because I always am. Contrary to what many people said, it is NOT dangerous, gross or unhealthy to go barefoot.
As for safety, in eleven years of going barefoot always and everywhere, I get a tiny splinter maybe once a year, I've NEVER had a cut. Yet I walk and run in places like inner city sidewalks, the train station, the recycling center, bottle banks in other places, etc, etc... When you go barefoot a lot, feet quickly get *much* tougher than people who rarely go barefoot think. To be honest it surprised even me; I was never seriously concerned about great risks, but when I started going barefoot I didn't expect to be able to walk everywhere without any concern at all, the first year or so I watched much more carefully to go around broken glass or bramble bushes than necessary.
As for our health, our skin is made to keep pathogens out, and we're at far greater risk of picking something up through our hands than our feet. While the dirt is far less visible, there are as many or more germs on things touched by many people (shopping carts, railings, door knobs) as on the ground. And unless we prop our feet up on the table, with our hands we're more likely to transfer those germs to our face or food, allowing them to enter our body.
For the health of others, germs do not jump off the sole of a bare foot any more than off the sole of a shoe, or off the exposed skin of a totally bare foot any more than off the exposed skin of a foot stuck in a flipflop.
About parasites, the hookworm can enter the skin, but it hasn't been a serious problem in the South since modern plumbing has replaced the outhouses, and never was a problem in cooler climates. Dog hookworm is still around but has a harder time penetrating the skin of humans. It can be a concern in those countries where plumbing and hygiene is at a lower level than in the West, but even if you pick something up on a tropical vacation, it is easily treated with modern medicine.
About athlete's foot, it's unlikely to spread by going barefoot in stores, restaurants or on sidewalks. It's a fungus, it needs a warm, dark, slightly damp place to grow, as well as a somewhat damp and warm floor to live long enough to be picked up by anyone else. It spreads in locker rooms and pools, but unless you're *right* behind an infected barefooter, any spores someone else may have left behind will long have dried up and died on most other surfaces. And even if you were to pick up some spores, you'd need to put your feet back into closed shoes (that warm, dark and slightly damp place :P) for them to grow. On the surface of the bare skin, exposed to light and fresh air, it'll just dry up and die. Foot fungus is very rare among populations that go barefoot more often, not more common as you may've thought.
Our feet do not need support. From Samuel B. Shulman's. "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes,"
One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology.
Fortunately those working at the Health Department know better than the average person: contrary to popular belief, there are NO laws against going barefoot in stores, regardless of whether food is served. Stores can set their own dress codes, and in the US quite a few do, but any signs claiming 'by order of the Health Department' are false! See source. Btw, in other countries it's rare to encounter any business that has a problem with bare feet, I've never even SEEN a 'no shoes, no shirts, no service' sign here in the Netherlands, nor on my trips to Belgium and Scotland. As for driving barefoot, that is legal too, see source again!
It's also interesting that I've met many doctors over the past few years -not for me but accompanying my mom- and none of them have had a problem with my bare feet. Even in the US, where the bias against going barefoot is far greater than here in Europe, other barefooters report rarely if ever getting a negative comment from their doctors.
As for people who don't like the sight of bare feet, in flipflops you still see the entire foot looking down at it from the top! While for the barefooter, at least for me, the most important thing about going barefoot is feeling the ground underfoot, and even the thinnest sole does completely away with that, for anyone looking down at my feet such a tiny strap can hardly make a big difference.
Lastly, some people equate any alternative dress with disrespect, but I think that is an unfortunate thing. It is our differences that make life more interesting and colorful. And bare feet in particular can also be a sign of *respect*; think of how some cultures require bare feet in their temples, how some monks go barefoot as a sign of humbleness. To me, bare feet are the most soft, gentle and *respectful* way to walk, making me more aware of my surroundings and of Mother Earth. I certainly consider it more respectful than the careless, unfeeling step of a thick-soled boot, but if someone wants to wear those it's their own choice and I won't tell them to take their footwear off.
I think it's nice to see another person barefoot, because I always am. Contrary to what many people said, it is NOT dangerous, gross or unhealthy to go barefoot.
As for safety, in eleven years of going barefoot always and everywhere, I get a tiny splinter maybe once a year, I've NEVER had a cut. Yet I walk and run in places like inner city sidewalks, the train station, the recycling center, bottle banks in other places, etc, etc... When you go barefoot a lot, feet quickly get *much* tougher than people who rarely go barefoot think. To be honest it surprised even me; I was never seriously concerned about great risks, but when I started going barefoot I didn't expect to be able to walk everywhere without any concern at all, the first year or so I watched much more carefully to go around broken glass or bramble bushes than necessary.
As for our health, our skin is made to keep pathogens out, and we're at far greater risk of picking something up through our hands than our feet. While the dirt is far less visible, there are as many or more germs on things touched by many people (shopping carts, railings, door knobs) as on the ground. And unless we prop our feet up on the table, with our hands we're more likely to transfer those germs to our face or food, allowing them to enter our body.
For the health of others, germs do not jump off the sole of a bare foot any more than off the sole of a shoe, or off the exposed skin of a totally bare foot any more than off the exposed skin of a foot stuck in a flipflop.
About parasites, the hookworm can enter the skin, but it hasn't been a serious problem in the South since modern plumbing has replaced the outhouses, and never was a problem in cooler climates. Dog hookworm is still around but has a harder time penetrating the skin of humans. It can be a concern in those countries where plumbing and hygiene is at a lower level than in the West, but even if you pick something up on a tropical vacation, it is easily treated with modern medicine.
About athlete's foot, it's unlikely to spread by going barefoot in stores, restaurants or on sidewalks. It's a fungus, it needs a warm, dark, slightly damp place to grow, as well as a somewhat damp and warm floor to live long enough to be picked up by anyone else. It spreads in locker rooms and pools, but unless you're *right* behind an infected barefooter, any spores someone else may have left behind will long have dried up and died on most other surfaces. And even if you were to pick up some spores, you'd need to put your feet back into closed shoes (that warm, dark and slightly damp place :P) for them to grow. On the surface of the bare skin, exposed to light and fresh air, it'll just dry up and die. Foot fungus is very rare among populations that go barefoot more often, not more common as you may've thought.
Our feet do not need support. From Samuel B. Shulman's. "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes,"
One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology.
Fortunately those working at the Health Department know better than the average person: contrary to popular belief, there are NO laws against going barefoot in stores, regardless of whether food is served. Stores can set their own dress codes, and in the US quite a few do, but any signs claiming 'by order of the Health Department' are false! See source. Btw, in other countries it's rare to encounter any business that has a problem with bare feet, I've never even SEEN a 'no shoes, no shirts, no service' sign here in the Netherlands, nor on my trips to Belgium and Scotland. As for driving barefoot, that is legal too, see source again!
It's also interesting that I've met many doctors over the past few years -not for me but accompanying my mom- and none of them have had a problem with my bare feet. Even in the US, where the bias against going barefoot is far greater than here in Europe, other barefooters report rarely if ever getting a negative comment from their doctors.
As for people who don't like the sight of bare feet, in flipflops you still see the entire foot looking down at it from the top! While for the barefooter, at least for me, the most important thing about going barefoot is feeling the ground underfoot, and even the thinnest sole does completely away with that, for anyone looking down at my feet such a tiny strap can hardly make a big difference.
Lastly, some people equate any alternative dress with disrespect, but I think that is an unfortunate thing. It is our differences that make life more interesting and colorful. And bare feet in particular can also be a sign of *respect*; think of how some cultures require bare feet in their temples, how some monks go barefoot as a sign of humbleness. To me, bare feet are the most soft, gentle and *respectful* way to walk, making me more aware of my surroundings and of Mother Earth. I certainly consider it more respectful than the careless, unfeeling step of a thick-soled boot, but if someone wants to wear those it's their own choice and I won't tell them to take their footwear off.
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